Lost Colony

Famous quotes containing the words lost and/or colony:

    Lord, who createdst man in wealth and store,
    Though foolishly he lost the same,
    Decaying more and more,
    George Herbert (1593–1633)

    “Tall tales” were told of the sociability of the Texans, one even going so far as to picture a member of the Austin colony forcing a stranger at the point of a gun to visit him.
    —Administration in the State of Texa, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)